yV>">'*V £T* ' V;,F %Y?sf'T5^|,fT T^f? THE MCHENRY PLAINDEALER m^'WA McHKNBT PLAINDKALJER CO. WcHENRY. ILLINOIS. NEWS OF THE WORLD rial. Political. Domestio awl Fifllp Mapptnings of Minor Importsass loM la Paragraphs. N of Business Transacted by the Members of Both Houses. A large meteor struck the earth In the vicinity of Bingham, Utah. The collision with the earth caused win dows to rattle and houses to tremble, while a sound like a mighty clap of thunder awakened the Inhabitants. People thought there had been an earthquake. Miss Blanche Boise, who smashed the plate glass windows in four joints and two drug stores at Topeka, Kan., has been released on a bond signed by Dr. Eva Harding, who was Mrs. Nation's chief lieutenant during the Joint raids there two yeairs ago. The owners of the buildings have brought •nit against Miss Boise to recover the amount of the rain* of the windows •mashed. Sledge & Wells' large paper and bur lap bag factory at Memphis was de stroyed by fire. Loss, $75,0CQ; insur ance, $70,000. The coroner's Jury st Topeka, Kan., returned a verdict that Amos L. Max well, who was killed In the Kansas in sane asylum, met his death as a result of his ribs and chest being kicked in. Attendants Nell and Peterson were ar rested. Fourteen thousand acres of coal land near Honaker Station, Va., have been purchased by Chicago and Pittsburg capitalists. Several million dollars will be spent for development and the construction of a railroad. The Detroit sulphite fiber works at Delray, Mich., burned. Loss Is $100.- 000, fully covered by Insurance. The plant will be rebuilt at once. Employes of the Massachusetts Elec tric Companies, controlling car lines outside Boston, have been granted In creases in wages averaging 12.18 per cent. The raise affects 2,522 men. In a sermon at Louisville Rev. T. T. Eaton declared that he did not think a murderer could be convicted and sentenced to death in Kentucky evem If the criminal himself desired ft Twenty thrashers met at Kanka kee, 111., perfected an organization and increased the price of thrashing from 1% cents to. 2 cents a bushel for shelling corn. The greater part of $10,000 worth of watches and jewelry stolen from the safe of S. Vann & Co., jewelers of Albuquerque, N. 1L, Nov. 20, 1902, was found under an old barn by boys hunting for egga. The strike which has been declared In the coal mines of the Crows Nest Coal Company at Femie, Michel, Mor- rissey and Coal Creek, B. C., will, it Is feared, be grave In its indirect ef fects, which threaten to close every smelter in the Kootenai and boundary counties. If the strike is not settled In Fernie the miners of Hanalmo may be called 6ut. This would paralyse the coal trade of San Francisco^ The Howard County Bank of Nfash- ville, Ark., has suspended, and the ap pointment of a receiver is asked. Joseph El Cot and Juan Gonzales, who killed an old man and robbed the corpse, were hanged at San Quen- tin, Cal. Edward Young of Marlon, Ind., was elected president by the International convention of the Building Laborers' Protective Union at Fort Wayne, Ind. An increase in wages of the 500 telegraph operators employed by the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha read, aggregating 910,000 a year, has been granted. The National Association of House Painters and Decorators, In convention at Richmond, Va., re-elected W. D. Ed- wards of Cambridge, Mass., president. Frank Norton of Chicago was elected to the executive beard. Herbert A. Springer, the proprietor st the Kentucky hotel and a promi nent saloonkeeper of Shelbyville, Ind., was bound over to the grand Jury in $S00 bctds cn a charge of robbing George W. Patterson, an old soldier, of $51. Six others are implicated in the charge. One hundred lad rones attacked the town of Nanjan, island of Mindora. Constabulary repulsed them after a scattering fight of several hours, dur ing which one ladrone was killed and one wounded. Twenty women and children in the town were injured. The government representative who is supervising relief measures in the north of Swsden reports that the American contributions amount to over $23,000. Sweden has contributed $125,- 000 cash and $75,000 in supplies. He estimates the losses through the crop failure at about $1,000,000. The Pennsylvania soldiers' home commission met at Erie, Pa., and de cided to assist in the project to raise the Niagara, Perry's bagship, and to give the valued relic a place on the grounds. Congress will be asked to provide the necessary funds. • tremendous snowslide ai the "S" bridge on the Northern Pacific Rail road between Mull an and Borsey, Mont., destroyed seven bends of the trestle ,worK and swept a freight train Into the gulch. Every member of the freight crew was more or less in jured, two probably fatally. Frank Dellerman, former private In the Thirteenth United States Infan try, has been arrested at San Kran- elsce on charge of having escaped from Alcatraz Island, where he was Imprisoned for murder in the Philip pines. He says he was discharged. According to a telegram from Kieff a vridespread and well-organized sedi tious movement against the govern ment and against capitalism has been dlsnctrered in south Russian labor clr^ eles, and ft is rumored that three in dustrial ares will be placed under martial law. David Plnnkett, aged 70, was shot twice in the back and mortally wound ed by Daniel Skinner at Putchlnon, Sr. Mflee Jehnsoo, colored, was hanged •t Augusta. (feu, ter assaulting a white JBMuudl WSimf . . . WITH NATIONAL LAWMAKERS Brief 8umtnary of the Doings of the People's Servants In Session st Wsshington Cleverly Condensed by Special Correspondents. Tuesday, Feb. 10. The statehood bill agafta came tip In the senate and Mr. Morgan of Ala bama spoke on it for some time. In the course of his remarke he re ferred to bills regarding trusts, which, he said, have been kept back and will be kept back until it is too iate for discussion regarding them. The time of the senate was being wasted on account of what he termed "a peace ful political blockade" on the state hood bill, when more Important meas ures were awaiting action. Mr. Hanna presented the conference report on the Department of Commerce bill. The conference report on the general-staff bill was agreed to. A number of other bills were passed. The house adopted the conference report on the Department of Com merce bill by a vote of 251 to 10. One Republican (Mr. Littlefield) and nine Democrats voted against this action. Several Democrats took the position that the Nelson amendment to the bureau of corporations was a weak and ineffectual attempt to provide the ma chinery for corporation publicity. Mr. Mann (111.) on behalf of the Republi cans, contended, on the contrary, that it was a better measure of publicity than had been presented in any other bill. The remainder of the day was devoted to the sundry civil appropria tion bills. Mr. Cannon, chairman of the appropriation committee, gave notice that at the proper time he would move two amendments--one to provide for the purchase of a site and the erection of a three-story, 400-room office build ing for members, to be connected with the capital by a subway and to cost $3,800,000, and the other an appropria tion of $2,500,000 to carry out the ori ginal plans for beautifying and enlarg ing the main wing of the capitol. Tae notable feature of the general debate on the bill was a speech by Mr. De Armond (Mo.) on uie Hanna bill to pension ex-slaves. He spoke in a sar castic vein, but the subject assumed a serious phase when Mr. Richardson (Tenn.) said that adventures in the South were uslrg the bill to impose on Ignorant, credulous negroes, and called on Mr. Cannon to give assurance that the passage of such a measure was riot contemplated. This assurance Mr. Cannon gave. Wednesday. Feb. 11. Mr. Hanna called up the conference report on the department of commerce bill, and It was agreed to without de bate. The bill now goes to the presi dent Mr. Morgan almost immediate ly after the cpenirg of the session re sumed his remarks on the statehood bill, but branched off on the subject of the proposed treaty with Colombia. He referred to the concordat of Pope Pius IX., which constituted a part of the organic law of Colombia, and said that the United States intended to put the heel of ignominious contempt up- Dn it. He predicted a return of the hostilities between the old church par ty in Colombia and the Liberal party. Mr. Depew spoke in opposition to the statehood bill. The senate then went Into executive session and ratified the Alaskian treaty. The commercial :reaty with Greece was also discussed. The house made fair progress with the sundry civil appropriation bill, covering eighty-six of the 150 pages of the bill. The amendments of which Mr. Cannon gave notice for the com pletion of the east front of the capitol, and the erection of an office building for members, were adopted. The cost of tne building Is to be $3,100,000. Senate bills were passed to authorize the Pittsburg; Carnegie & Western Railroad Company to construct a bridgo across the St. Francis river, Ar- to authorize the Memphis, Helena & Louisiana Railroad to construct a bridge across the St. Fracis river, Ar kansas. Mr. Grosvenor from the ways and iseans committee called up the bill reported by that committee to niu?n.1 the Dinffley act so as to admit free of duty domestic animals for breeding purposes, it was passed. Thursday, Feb. 12. With the exception of a few mln- trtis, during which some routine busi ness was transacted, the session of the senate was behind closed doors, the Panama Canal treaty being under discuSsion. A bill was passed provid ing that any second lieutenant in the United States marine corps who may have been appointed a second lieu tenant of artillery since Feb. 2, 1901, Bhall receive credit for prior service as a lieutenant of volunteers. Mr. Mutilates Famous Book. Berlin cablegram: The copy of the famous 1623 first folio Shakespeare which Emperor William I. presented to the Berlin Royal library has been completely multllated. The whole "Comedy of Errors" has been cut out. River Traffle. Louisville, Ky., Bpeeial: According to the bureau of statistics, there was more traffic on the Monongahela river last y jar than through the Suez canal. The annual tonnage Is 9,500,000. JVicCcmas gave ndtice that he woulf call un the eight-hour bill at the earli *st opportunity, which brought from Mr. Quay the statement that "untl) the senator from Maryland and those obstructionists behind blm" consent, to the fixing of a day wher a vote can be taken on the statehood bill, he would oppose any action or the eight- hour bill. A motion by Mr. Pettus to reconsider the vote by which the Alas ka boundary treaty was approved was tabled. The house mado slow progress with the sundry civil bill, covering only twenty-seven pages and leaving forty pages still to be disposed of. The delays were occasioned by discussion of the item in the bill for the main tenance of the White House and de bate upon the item appropriating $3,* 000,000 for the relief of distress in the Philippines. , Mr. Gainss (Dem., Tenn.) and Mr. Fitzgerald (Dem., N. Y.) criticised the greatly increased cost of maintaining the White House. An amendment to cut in haif the ap propriation for the relief of distress In the Philippines was deieated, but the language of the paragraph was modified so as to require annual re ports of the expenditure of the money, Friday, Feb. 18. An Immense crowd was attracted to the senate to hear the invocation oi General William Booth, founder and commander in chief of the Salvation Army. Mr. Gallinger offered an amendment to the District of Colum bia appropriation bill repealing the law fixing the charges for the use of telephones in the District of Columbia. Alter a long debate the amendment went out on a point of order by Mr. Heitfeld. The bill was then passed. The resolution of Mr. Morgan calling for the correspondence of naval offi cers regarding tne military occupation of the bays of Panama and Colon, was agreed to. Wnen the statehood bill came up Mr. Depew attacked the Mor mon church, because, he said, he be lieved its members still cling to tne practice of polygamy. Mr. Rawlins replied, saying that if the Mormons were not interfered with, they would work out their own destiny. The Elkins bill to prohibit rebate to shippers was passed in the house by a vote of 241 to 6, those voting in the negative being Democrats. The remainder of the session was devoted to the sundry civil appropriation bill, which was practically completed. No effort was made to pass it, as there was no quorum present, and notice was given that a record vote would be demanded on an amendment to in crease by $30,000 the $154,000 appro priation for the site of a military post at Indianapolis. The amendment was adopted in committee of the whole by a vote of 44 to 27. An amendment was adopted to appropriate $10,000 for ad ditional land tor the site of the gov ernment sanitarium for disabled vol unteer soldiers at Hot Springs, S. D. Saturday, Feb. 14. The senate agreed without discus sion to the amendments made to the Elkins anti-rebate bill by the house. This completes congressional action upon the bill, and it now goes to the President. Mr. Quay gave notice that beginning next Monday he would ask the senate to take up the statehood bill each day Immediately after the conclusion of the routine morning business. He then introduced a reso lution, which under the rules went over for a day, declaring: "House bill 1?J>43, to enable the people of Okla homa, Arizona and New Mexico to form constitutions and state govern ments and be admitted Into the Union on an equal footing with the original states, has been under discusssion in the senate since the 10th day of De cember last, and must fall unless voted upon at an early date, It is the sense of the senate that a date and hour prior to the 2d of March next should be fixed fcr a final vote upon the bill and all amendments that are pending or may be offered taereto." Mr. Quay then asked to have the statehood bill taken up, and when this request was complied with he gave way to Mr. Stewarv to bring up the Indian appro priations. The late Representatives Russell of Connecticut, Salmon of New Jersey, Cummings of New York and Crump of Michigan were the sub jects of eulogies. Wiihou. preliminary business the house went Into committee of the whole and resumed the consideration of the sundry civil appropriation bill. The amendment adopted to appro- priate $30,000 to aod to the proceeds of the sale of the arsenal at Indian apolis ($154,000) for the purchase of 1,800 acres near that city for an army post was again the subject of debate. Mr. Simms (Tenn.) said the land pro posed to be purchased at $1C0 an acre was assessed for taxes at $30 an acre. Mr. Steele (Ind.) gave it as his opin ion thak the land was worth $1C0 an acre. Mr. Richardson's amendment to prohibit tie use of illustrations In bu reau reports, except with the approval of heads of deparements, was offered in a modified form, BO as to escape a point of order, and adopted. When the* bill was reperted to Hcuse Mr. Zenor (Ind.) demanded a separate vote upon the *ddiarapolis military post amend ment. The amendment whs adopted, 125 to 85. The bill was then passed and the house proceeded to pass 2z5 private pension bills. To Expedite Suits. Washington special: The president has signed the bill to expedite the bearing and determination of suits in equity pending and hereafter to be brought under the Sherman anti-trust law and the law regulating commerce. To Be College President. Springfield, 111., special: Rev. Mar tin Luecke, for many yeahi pastor of Trinity German Lutheran church of this city, has been elected president of Concordia Lutheran college, Fort Wayne, Ind. King Honors MascagnL Borne cable: As a consolation tor his American troubles the King &as granted Signer Mascagni, the tpera composer, the title of Chevalier t tks Order of Savoy. Allies and Minister Bowen In the • :f;i, «|Question. . ̂ ITALY'S DEMANDS CAUSE DELAY Outline of the Terms of Settlement Show Thst Germany Has Made the 8hrewdest Bargain, to ths ChagrIA of Other Powers. Washington dispatch: The proto cols ralsiLg the blockade of Venezue lan ports and referring the matter of preferential treatment for the allies' claims' to The Hague were signed at the British embassy. The Italian am bassador, upon learning that Germany had increased its aemands fcr cash payment from $27,000 to $340,000, an nounced that he would require further time to consult his government. He called upon Mr. Bowen and asked first that in vievfc of the agreement to £ay the full adjudicated claims of Germany, the full adjudicated claims of Italy, amounting to $5t>0,000, be paid. He later modified his demand, but finding Mr. Bowen opposed to any increase, he reluctantly consented finally to sign his protocol calling for the payment of $27,500, as. originally agreed upon. To Return Ships. Baron von Sternberg, the German representative, cabled his government handed the British ambassador imme diately. Within thirty days a draft for a like amount 'will be paid Ger- man;, and within sixty days a similar draft will be turned over to Italy. On the 15th of March the first Installment of about $60,000 will be paid Ger> many upon the remaind r of the ad** judlcated claims, and upon the 15th of each succeeding month, up to and Including July 15, a like payment will be made, thus disposing of these claims. MAKES GRAVE CHARGES AGAINST VON HOLLtBEN George H. Kessler Accuses German Ambassador of Accepting Twenty Cases of Wine as a Bribed: > " Milwaukee, Wis., dispatch: Qedrge H. Kessler, the plaintiff in the Meteor wine case that has taken the atten tion of the federal court, says that he Intends to bring Ambassador Von Holleben to book for accepting twenty cases of wine to favor a certain brand for the christening of the emperor's yacht, as shown by the testimony taken in the present suit. "The evidence in the case here showed plainly, I think," said Mr. Kessler, "that Ambassador Von Hol leben was offered twenty cases of the defendant company's champagne for using his influence to have that brand used fcr the christening and I have sent a petition to Secretary Hay of the department of state protesting against the ambassador's conduct" Government FlaTit Is Visited ft# Night by live Fire. • •THE OVERLAND ROUTfc* LOSS IS ABOUT TWO MILLIONS* Continuous Fusillade of Exploding Cartridges Scatters Bullets In Every Direction and Interferes With thi: Work of the Firemen. BOLIVIA GIVES IN TO BRAZIL^. 1 Demands of Latter In Acre Affair Re luctantly Are Granted. I.a Paz, Bolivia, special: The Bo livian government delivered its reply J3 \ CHI>CAGO JNTEbOCBafr JUncIs 8am: "Oh, pshaw." Will Try Submarine Boat San Francisco special: The special crew which is to take the Holland sub marine torpedo boat Grampus on her trial trip has arrived from the east Capt. F. P. Cable is in charge. the language used in providing for the appointment of an umpire by Presi dent Roosevelt in case the mixed cop- mission which will pass upon the un- adjudicated claims of Germany fails to agree. There Is no objection to this provision, but the German for eign office desired to pass upon the form in which it is embodied. The protocols provide for the return by the allies of all ships, both war and merchant, captured since the blockade was established; for the lift ing of the blockade at once, for cash payments of $27,500 to each of the al lies, and for the payment of the re mainder of the adjudicated German claims, amounting to $340,000 in all. Provisions of Protocols. They also provide for the setting aside, beginning with the 1st of March, of 30 per cent of the cus toms receipts at the ports of La Guayra and Porto Cabello to be ap plied to the payment of the claims against Venezuela according to the de cision which will be rendered by The Hague tribunal in the event the allies and Venezuela are unable to agree upon the question of preferential treat ment, for the collection of customs duties by Belgium In the event Vene zuela defaults in any of her obliga tions, for the President to appoint um pires, for the participation by all cred itor nations in any ctee th*-: oiay be carried to The Hague involving the payment of claims against Venezuela, including the question of preferential treatment, and fcr other minor details. All the protocols provide for the re newal of existing treaties of amity and commerce with Venezuela. The cus toms receipts to be set aside for the powers, pending the decision of The Hague, are to be deposited in the Bank of England at Caracas. Terms of Payment. It Is stated that the original de mands of the allies for cash payments from Venezuela amounted to $1,200,- 000. The cash payments named in the protocols amount to about $400,- 000, which is calculated to "be the value of the ships which have been captured by the allies and which will be returned to Venezuela. In making the payments under the protocols a draft for $27,500 will be Child to Plead for Father. New Orleans, La., special: Accom panied by her mother, Bernie Bird iert for Washington to make a last appeal to President Rooseveit for the life of her father, Homer Bird, sentenced to be hanged in Alaska March 6. to the ultimatum presented by the Brazilian minister, Santos Llsbca, con cerning the Acre dispute. Bolivia ac cepts unconditionally, but under pro test, all the Brazilian demands. The Bolivian expedition commanded by General Par do, the president, will not crosB latitude 10 degrees 20 minutes, the southern boundary of the con tested territory. It is improbable any collision between the Brazilian and Bo livian forces will occur. The Acre revolutionists doubtless will surrender their arms to the Brazilian troops im mediately. HONOR AMBASSADOR CHOATE Rare Gathering of Public Men to Be Present at Dinner. London cablegram: A dinner which the new- Pilgrim Club will give to United States Ambassador Choate on March 3 will have an array of British public men seldom seen at an interna tional gathering. Lord Salisbury will be present and Lord Roberts will pre side. Among those who have ac cepted invitations are Lord Kelvin, Lord Aberdeen, Lord Farquhar, Lord Strathcona, Lord Fairfax and Lord Halsbury. ODD FELLOWS' TEMPLE FAIL8 Cincinnati Company Controlling the Building Makes an Assignment. Cincinnati dlspacch: The Odd Fel lows' Temple Company of Cincinnati has assigned to Marcus Warth. The assets consist of the temple, valued at $250,000, on which tne Central Trust Company of Cincinnati has a mortgage for $225,000, on which in terest for one year is due. The as signment was made in anticipation of foreclosure. To Erect 8tatues. Washington dispatch: Senator Wet- more from the committee on library has favorably reported bills providing for tho erection in Washington oi statue* of Count Pulaski and Baron 8teuben. Japan Opens a New Port flt Petersburg cable: According to a dispatch received here from VladivoBtock, the Emperor of Japan J»as declared Mororan, on the Island at Yeddo, tw be a free port. Archbishop Is Elevated. Canterbury, Eng., cablegram: With the most stately ceremonial the Rt Rev. Randall Thomas Davidson was enthroned as Archbishop of Canter bury and Primate of all England. To Make Coin Teata. Philadelphia dispatch: The assay commission appointed by President Roosevelt to test coins In the United States mint here met to examine specimens of the various coins manu factured. Rev. M. 8. Hard Is Dead. Philadelphia, Pa., disptach: Rev. Msnley S. Hard, D. D., nrst assistant coi responding secretary of the board oI church extension of the M+tHMlirt Episcopal church, is dead. . iidf ; Busy Women Inspectors* New York special; The new wom en inspectors of immigration made another trip down the bay and two of tuem climbed aboard the Red Star liner Ryndam. Immigration authori ties are beginning to lose the fear they have had as to the ability of the petti coat Inspectors to get aboard ships in a nautical way. No More Ptemluma. Washington dispatch: The house committee on ways and means has au thorized a bill that no package of to bacco, snuff, cigars or cigarettes shall have printing promising or offering, any gift, prize or premium. Rifle Shot kills Woman. St Louis, Mo., special: John Passo- man, a butcher of Ea3t St. Louis, is under arrest on the charge of killing his wife, who died as the result of a wsund inflicted with a rifle. Wife 8layer la Acquitted. Hast St. Louis, 111., special: John Passman, wno was arrested on the charge of having killed his wife by shooting, was acquitted by the cor oner's jury, which rendered a verdict of accidental shooting. To Help Celebrate* « Washington special: The navy parment is informed that the battle ship squadron has left Ponce for Gal veston, Tex., to take part la U>* £<¥9* Ing celebration at that porfe -J / * Davenport, Iowa, dlspatdi: The hock Island arsenal was Visited by a fire which caused a loss of about $2,000,000 in the destruction of store house "A," the principal shop of is sue of the government's immense ordnance and equipment factory here, and of its entire contents. A thrilling incident of the fire was the discharge of 1,000,000 rounds of Krag-Jorgensen ammunition, the car tridges exploding in one continuous fusillade, scattering bullets to every part of the island and endangering the lives of scores of men who had been called out to fight the flames.- Appeaja for Help. The fire started at about 9 o'clock and was soon beyond the control of the arsenal fire department Appeals for help were sent to this city. Rock Isiand and Moline, which lie near by on three sides the beautiful island on which the arsenal is located. Fire companies were immediately sent to help save the building, but found themselven powerless because of the flying bullets. As a result the firemen's efforts had to be confined to saving the rest of the plrtnt. In this they were successfuL Storehouse "A" went up In smoke, with all its contents, including a large quantity of military equipment Loss la Large. Major S. E. Blunt, the arsenal com mandant, says that the burned build ing cost $250,000, and that its contents were worth over $1,500,000. It was the most costly fire that ever occurred in this vicinity and probably entails the heaviest loss upon the arsenal system of the United States that has befallen it in time of peace. The Rock Island arsenal is the larg est in the United State3, having a greater capacity than any other and being advantageously located, com prising ten immense and substantial buildings with thirty-four floors and covering in all thirty acres of ground area. It represents an expenditure of $12,000,000. Ideal Location. The site of the arsenal, the Island of Rocl^.. Island, has been repeatedly reported by army officers to the war department as not enly the most beau tiful and one of the largest in the Mississippi, but one possessing extra ordinary natural advantages from a military standpoint General Ramsey, chief of ordnance, wrote to the secre tary of war in 1864 that "it is per fectly secure from an enemy advanc ing either by lake or river. From it supplies can be transported in any direction at any season of the year." THE LATEST MARKET REPORT8 Wheat New York--No. 2 red, 81%c. Chicago--No. 2 red, 75@76c. St Louis--No. 2 red, 71%c. Kansas City--No. 2 hard, 68He. Milwaukee--No. 1 northern, 80%c. Minneapolis--No. 1 northern, 76%c. Duluth--No. 1 northern, 76c. Corn. New York--No. 2, 51%c. Chicago--No. 2, 44%@45c. St Louis--No. 2, 41 %c. Kansas City--No. 2 mixed, 40c. Peoria--No. 3, 41c. Oats. New York--No. 2, 45c. Chicago^-Standard, 36@36%c. St. Louis--No. 2, 35%c. Kansas City--No. 2 white, S4Ho> Milwaukee--Standard, 34%035& Cattle. Chicago--$1.50@5.45. Kansas City--$1.5>0®6. St Louis--$2.25(g>5.90. Buffalo--$5.40@6.95. Omaha--$1.75@6.25. Hogs., Kansas City--$5.85^7.06. Kansas City--5.85@7.05. St. Louis--$6.40@7. Buffalo--$5@7.20. Omaha--$6.50@6.90. Sheep and Lambs. Chicago--$2.60@6.60. Kansas City--$3@6.26. St. Louis--$4.10@6.40. Buffalo--$2.25@6.60. Omaha---$1.50@6.25. French Army Orders. Paris cablegram: It Is stated that orders have been Issued for reserve officers of the French army to hold themselves in readiness to join the army at twenty-four hours' notice. It is believed that the action. If taken, is due to the increasingly serious a» pect of affairs in Macedonia. Foot and Mouth Disease. Washington special: The foot and mouth disease has become serious again in Massachusetts and Dr. Sal mon, the chief of the bureau of animal industry, will return to Boston In a iew days to investigate the situation. llllnola Arbor Day. Springfield, 111., special: The gov ernor has issued his arbor day proc lamation. It sets aside Friday, April 24, to be observed for the planting of trees throughout the state. Irish Leadera Out of Jail. Dublin cablegram: William Duffy, Nationalist member of parliament for South Galway, and John O'Donnell, Nationalist member of parliament for Southern Mayo, have been released from jail. Largest Liner's Firct Trip. Liverpool cable: The White Star line twin-screw steamship Cedric, the largest vessel In tae world, has sailed on her lnlUgl trip for New York Qneenstowk How the Name Originated and Why II Belongs to the Union Pacific. Some time aco the editor of tte Omaha "Examined" lock issue with Mr. A. Darlow, advertising agent oi the Union Pacific, about the term "overland," claiming that, aa trains could not run under' land. It was • misnomer to apply "The Overland Route" to the Union Pacific. Mr. Dar low, who convinced the editor thai "overland" was correct, has since wri^ ten the following instructive mono* graph on the subject: The significance of the word "ove^ land" haa now almost passed away, but In the 60's and early days of th* 70's it had a meaning peculiarly tm own, being used to designate Union Pacific and Central Pacific ralV roads as the rail route, or overland route, acrosa the continent in contra* distinction to the several routea bf sea, notably the routes by the Isthmus of Panama and Cape Horn. In deslff> nating the route to the Pacific coast it became necessary for passengers to signify by "sea" or "overland," bene* the term "overland" became generally adopted for the Union Pacific and Cest» tral Pacific lines. The ocean route to the Pacific was tedious and circuitous and the impetuosity of the mining pop* ul&tion demanded quicker time for the delivery of its mall than was taken by the long sea voyage. From the tep- minus of telegraphic communication^ there intervened more than 2,000 miles of a region uninhabited, except by ho» til© tribes of savages. The mal! frons the Atlantic seaboard across the Istl* mus of Darien to San Francisco took at least twenty-four days. The route across the desert by stage occupied nearly a month. It was not long before "the overland route" diverted all the trans-contlnen. tal passenger traffic from the water routes to the rail route via Ogden. * Senator Thomas H. Benton of Ml* souri, in the senate chamber of tho United Statea, February 7, 1849, said! "The road I propose it necessary to u*--and now. The title to Oregon it settled, and a government establishes there, California, is acquired, peopl§ are there, and a government must fob Uno. We own the country from sea to sea, from the Atlantic to the Pacific upon a breadth equal to the length of the Mississippi, and embracing tlI# whole temperate zone. We can run O road through and through, the wholt distance, under our flag and under our laws. An American road to India, through the heart of our country, wilt revive upon its line all the wondert of which we have read, and eclipse them. The western wilderness, from the Pacific to the Mississippi, wilt start into life at its touch. An Amet* ican road to India--ccntral and nat ural--for ourselves and our posterityl now and hereafter, for thousands of years to come." Later on Abraham Lincoln selected this road--the Union Pacific--as tho natural route on which the mighty streams of western commerce would be borne; and now this road--"Tho Overland Route"--appears in all Its grandeur. The Isthmian canal is to bo built, mingling the waters of two mighty oceans; China, Japan, the Phil* lppines and the Antilles to throw off the sloth and oppression of centuries^ thus giving to the United States tho rich markets of the Orient, whoso ware* aud people must pass over tho Union Pacific as the most favorable route to Europe, Canada, South Amer ica and the coast of northern and western Africa. They in turn will send their products to exchange tor those of the nations, while the north and south, east and west of the United States, will pour their manufactures^ meats, fruits and grains into the ports of 'every island and every continent, receiving their product in turn over the Union Pacific as the great railroad that has brought the world together and made our country first among tho nations. The significance of this route Is ap parent when it is remembered that, from Omaha, it is 204 miles shorter to Salt Lake City; 278 miles shorter to 8an Francisco; 278 miles shorter to Los Angeles; 358 miles shorter to Portland, and 16 hours quicker to Sa& Francisco and Portland than any other line.--The Omaha Examiner. . \.X m ••sM fl t:I- * Is A { India's Long Line of Governors. Lord Curzon is the twenty-seventh governor of India. Even the peaceful traveler oeeasto^ ally has a brush with the porter. To St. Paul and Minneapolis. The train oi trains is the Pioneer Limited of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway. It has no equal, and it runs over the Fast Mail route. Leaves Union Passenger Station, Chicago,6.30 o'clock every evening. F. A. MILLER. Passenger Agent. Chl«|Sk rv FINE SM . fj t* ^ v ^ A mms Via Dubuque, Waterloo and Albert Fast Vestibule Night train with through Sleeping Car, Buflet-Library Car and Fre« Reclining Chair Car. Dlntag Car Service n route. Tickets of agtnts of L C. R. K. ••d connecting tinea. I *• n. wwwon, O.P.IL, Tnnnnoo | * I > : * mailto:1.50@5.45 mailto:5.40@6.95 mailto:1.75@6.25 mailto:5.85@7.05 mailto:5@7.20 mailto:6.50@6.90 mailto:2.60@6.60 mailto:3@6.26 mailto:4.10@6.40 mailto:2.25@6.60 mailto:1.50@6.25